Nora found the strange man before her odd, only thinking that he looked a little like her father.
Barry revealed his identity as well, watching his mother die with overwhelming grief.
Zhang Tianran watched quietly from the side, but after thinking it over, he ultimately said nothing.
In truth, there was still a way to save Barry's mother.
Completely changing the timeline would have enormous consequences, but if he did not alter the flow of the world and merely took something away quietly, it would not amount to much.
For example, Zhang Tianran's Time Ship, or Barry revealing his true identity to Nora now.
Although there was a way, Zhang Tianran had no intention of changing anything. He felt that even if she were saved, perhaps it would not only be Barry's father whom Zoom killed.
What the Flash would do after losing both parents again was truly difficult to predict.
An out-of-control Barry had a chance of becoming Savitar.
Honestly, if Barry were not a Speedster, Zhang Tianran would have been quite willing to help him save his mother...
But a Speedster who could not control his own actions? Better not! Otherwise, the timeline might shift too greatly and affect him.
It was worth mentioning that when Barry's mother was killed, there were not many Flashes here, because using the Speed Force to travel to the past came in two different ways.
The first was naturally to travel directly into the past. At that time, two identical people would appear at the same point in time.
The second was to completely alter the timeline. Just like when Barry traveled through time for the first time, there was only one Barry Allen in that entire time period.
Altering the timeline and traveling through time were entirely different matters, so there would not be a situation where a whole crowd of Flashes stood outside the house when Barry's mother died.
After saying goodbye to his mother, Barry Allen returned to the future, rage flickering in his eyes...
But for some reason, Zhang Tianran did not leave with Barry.
"A one-way ticket... that really isn't very considerate," Zhang Tianran complained helplessly, but he did not immediately return to the future.
Now that he had come to his own past, Zhang Tianran did not want to leave so quickly. It would be good to prepare some things early, so he would not have to worry about being affected by the past timeline.
Since he had to return to the future himself anyway, no matter how long he stayed here, he could return to that fixed point in time.
Besides, there was something he had always wanted to do but had never actually done.
"Eobard Thawne, Reverse-Flash! It must feel pretty terrible to be trapped here after losing the Speed Force, right?" After searching for a while, Zhang Tianran finally found the Reverse-Flash of the past.
"A Speedster? What do you want from me..." Eobard Thawne froze for a moment, an involuntary flicker of delight rising in his eyes.
He didn't know him? It seemed his guess had been correct. Zhang Tianran understood at once and noticed the delight in Reverse-Flash's eyes.
A smile curled across Zhang Tianran's lips as he suddenly said, "Do you need me to send you back to the future? But the future you originally came from seems to no longer exist."
Eobard Thawne was stunned, then immediately realized what had happened. He hurriedly activated the Gideon he carried with him and began searching the future...
But... the future he found had already changed. There was no trace of the Flash on any interface.
"Impossible. If the Speed Force has disappeared, how can you still be here?" Eobard Thawne found it hard to believe.
"Only the Speed Force of this world has disappeared. So, do you want me to take you back to the future?" Zhang Tianran smiled as he teased the Reverse-Flash before him.
Without the Speed Force, Reverse-Flash was merely an ordinary man from the future.
At first, Reverse-Flash really was somewhat flustered.
But he quickly calmed down, immediately analyzed the situation, and formulated his next plan.
"It's because the Flash disappeared. It seems the Flash needs to appear for... What do you want?" Reverse-Flash had figured out the situation, but the first thing he needed to deal with was the Speedster before him.
"This is really boring. As expected, smart people won't fall for it. Honestly, I was actually looking forward to you giving up the Speed Force." Zhang Tianran shook his head, slightly disappointed.
If Reverse-Flash could truly give up the Speed Force, he could have planned out his future properly, but it seemed that was a pity...
Reverse-Flash frowned, unable to determine the purpose or identity of the man before him.
"My identity is simple. I'm just your adopted son from the future. I won't say too much else. There will come a day when we work together in the future," Zhang Tianran said directly, no longer hiding anything.
"Oh, and regarding your next identity..."
Naturally, conversations between two smart people were very brief.
After Reverse-Flash roughly understood what was going on, he behaved very amicably and patiently accepted the Wells clone Zhang Tianran had created.
As for the original Wells couple, Zhang Tianran safely sent them to another world.
With Wells's intellect and the large amount of future technology Zhang Tianran left behind, the couple should live very well there.
Of course, to prevent Reverse-Flash from doing anything to his past self, Zhang Tianran also thoughtfully left behind a backup robot of Zero to protect his past self.
"Finally, everything makes sense now. One problem has been solved, so next... Forget it, I should go back!" Zhang Tianran hesitated for a long time, but in the end, he still did not go to the point in time when he had first traveled to this world.
Perhaps it was fear. At that moment, Zhang Tianran truly did not dare investigate such a thing.
And he was a little worried.
What if he himself was the mastermind behind everything?
So, he should wait a little longer. Until he had enough power, or enough courage.
When he traveled back to the future, Barry was being pinned to the ground and beaten mercilessly by Reverse-Flash.
Honestly, Zhang Tianran truly could not understand it.
After spending so much determination and taking such a huge risk, why not just let Reverse-Flash return to the future?
It would have been one thing if they had not let Reverse-Flash leave after returning, but they had even destroyed his time machine.
It would be fine if they could beat him, but they couldn't!
Of course, Zhang Tianran was talking without knowing the pain. If it were him, he probably would not have been able to stay calm either.
If one had not experienced something personally, one truly had no right to speak on it.
But it was precisely Barry's impulsive action that made Reverse-Flash lose the chance to steal Barry's Speed Force while returning to the future.
That was right. If Reverse-Flash had successfully returned to the future through the time portal Barry created, he could have connected with Barry's Speed Force during the journey and taken it from him.
Barry might not have died after losing the Speed Force, but he definitely would have suffered terribly.
A gunshot rang out, and the surroundings instantly fell silent...